Thanks for your reply! This has been really fun trying to configure Samba and learning the Linux world at the same time, it is indeed fascinating.
I need the list to be browseable by users so that they can pick which printer they will want to install on their desktop, that which they may not know the name of, so I need to solve this problem with load printers = yes. Which brings up another question I had....when I set the browseable = yes and guest = yes in the printers section of smb.conf, testparm reveals that that section has browseable = no. Is that a default so that there is not a potential security hole and cannot be changed? I am thinking that this may solve this refresh issue but more, and more I am thinking that it is something different. Our environment is really unique in the sense that I would like this Samba server to be a MEMBER SERVER (non-PDC) of a Domain that is used strictly for print services and where access is governed by, and checked against accounts and associated permissions in active directory. It is part of the Microsoft AD domain currently. This is where the Samba concept gets confusing to me.....what services do I need for this environment? NSS is currently configured to use LDAP to authenticate accounts on this Samba server (which is how all Unix servers in this environment are set up), but do I need that anymore now that it is part of an AD domain? What about winbind? I noticed in windows that the ACL's on these printers contained cryptic SID's at one point, I then turned on winbind and now those SIDs are resolved and show real AD accounts (much to my satisfaction) Winbind is used to resolve SIDs, what should be used to authenticate? That net rpc grant rights command does not work, it does not recognize my domain admin account on the already existing Active Directory domain. Thanks again for all the help! -----Original Message----- From: Gerald (Jerry) Carter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 2:03 PM To: Anni Evanoff Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Samba] samba server print objects view in windows -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Anni Evanoff wrote: > "Printers and Faxes" applet view seems to constantly > refresh every five seconds..and with a list of about > 2500 printers, it is nearly impossible to scroll down > to a specific printer and connect to it before the refresh. This is most likely caused by MS' decision to break the print change notify protocol in Windows XP sp2. > This is obviously not a viable solution for users. You can set "load printers = no" and have the user enter the UNC path in Start -> Run.... to connect to the printer. > Also if someone has the time to explain how I can take > the printer admin line out, since it gives a > deprecation error. I know I can get rid of the > printer admin parameter with a permission assigned to an AD group (or should > it be a group defined on the Samba server?) called the > SePrinterOperatorprivilege, right? Yup. "net rpc grant 'DOMAIN\Domain Admins' SePrintOperatorPrivilege - -U 'DOMAIN\Administrator'" cheers, jerry ===================================================================== Samba ------- http://www.samba.org Centeris ----------- http://www.centeris.com "What man is a man who does not make the world better?" --Balian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE257xIR7qMdg1EfYRAvI2AKCnyZsxtsVmk3BynkcfFB0gb7TQUACg3ezg esyRGbrWmUJlWn5MxeHmuBA= =aUiO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
